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The Maspalomas dunes could disappear within 100 years unless the current loss of sand is reversed, according to experts. The dune and beach ecosystem has lost 45,000 cubic metres of sand per year for 50 years. It stopped being self-sustaining when tourist development in the Maspalomas and Playa del Inglés area hemmed in the dunes… Read More
State Sen. Sharon Hewitt says she was responding to her constituents’ concerns about flooding when she added four St. Tammany Parish rivers to proposed legislation that would allow dredging, “desnagging” and clearing on some of Louisiana’s scenic rivers. But when she added the Pearl, Tchefuncte, Bogue Falaya and Abita rivers to the list of streams… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded contracts for dredging two Lake Michigan harbors to improve navigation. King Company of Holland will be paid $374,000 to dredge about 30,000 cubic yards of material from St. Joseph outer harbor and 34,000 cubic yards from Holland harbor. Material from both sites will be placed near the… Read More
Congressman Brian Higgins and U.S. Army Corps Buffalo District Commander Lt. Col. Adam Czekanski announced $4.6 million in federal funding for improvements along Buffalo’s Outer Harbor including breakwater repair and dredging. “The potential for our waterways to serve a much larger role in this community’s environmental and economic health is dependent on continual maintenance and… Read More
Despite recent flooding due to the rising waters of Lake Ontario, local officials are hailing a plan to invest $725,000 in the dredging of Wilson Harbor. “Even as the devastation of record high water levels has incurred millions of dollars in damage through destruction of docks and supporting infrastructure, this funding will play a part… Read More
The Federal Government has pledged to support the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) in her effort to acquire a bigger dredger for an all-year-round maintenance dredging of the nation’s inland channels. Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, made the pledge when he flagged off the maintenance dredging of River Niger from Ajaokuta to Onitsha at… Read More
HCMC – The government of HCMC has allowed the Department of Transport to put up a Soai Rap River dredging project for rebid, citing the impact of the volatile exchange rate between the local currency dong and the U.S. dollar. Tran The Ky, deputy director of the department, said the cost of phase one of… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has allocated $2.45 million in federal funding toward Ocean City’s beach replenishment project, officials said. Rep. Andy Harris says this project will encourage growth in Ocean City’s tourism industry. “The beaches of Ocean City were severely damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012,” Rep. Harris said. “I am pleased to… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received a $24.83 million windfall of federal funds for projects on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, including additional money for work in the Cleveland and Lorain harbors, a corps spokesman said. Congress approved the additional funding for the Consolidated Appropriations Act on May 3. Last year, the Army Corps… Read More
Port Tampa Bay has secured a $9 million grant from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the widening and deepening of the Big Bend Channel in southern Hillsborough County. The channel project overall will cost $55 million, a press release said. The Big Bend Channel connects to the Tampa Harbor main channel and will… Read More
Another nearly $2 million will be coming to Chautauqua County for dredging two local harbors. On Friday, Rep. Tom Reed has announced an additional $675,000 in funding for Barcelona Harbor and an additional $1.19 million for Dunkirk Harbor to aid with dredging projects. “We care about supporting jobs, trade, recreation and tourism in our communities…. Read More
Authorities at the Port of Charleston reported progress in plans to create the deepest navigation channel on the U.S. East Coast following approval US$17.5 million in federal funds for the project. The decision by the Army Corps of Engineers to approve the project will pave the way for increased breakbulk activity at the port through… Read More
J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday called for urgent and early completion of flood protection works in river Jhelum in view of coming rainy season. Chairing the maiden meeting of Cabinet Sub-Committee on Jhelum dredging, Mehbooba instructed that dredging of the river at Srinagar and Baramulla be intensified and earth-cutting at Bemina and Naidkhai… Read More
Dredges that will used to take sand from the Atlantic Ocean floor and transfer it to the beach are expected to finally arrive in Ortley Beach. Toms River officials said in a news release that the township officials had been notified Friday that the first trailing suction hopper dredge — the ship that suctions sand… Read More
Depoe Bay city officials say the city is facing an economic emergency. Heavy spring and winter rains have sent enormous amounts of silt into the Depoe Bay Harbor clogging the water way during low tides. The debris blocks vessels from fueling up at the harbor fuel dock, which adversely impacts fishing, charter boats and other… Read More